Nisha Iyer

Ontogeny of the spinal cord dorsal horn The dorsal horn of the mammalian spinal cord is organized into laminae where each layer is populated by different neuron types, has distinctive circuit connections, and plays specialized roles in beha...

Excited to share @rbrianroome.bsky.social ‘s beautiful paper on development of the dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord @science.org

This is how the anatomical organization and cell types that process pain, touch, body position and more are laid down.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

What a spectacularly beautiful day to spend sharing excitement about science at Tufts Community Day!

It will fill faster than you think! Welcome to Tufts!

BME UNITE @bmeunite.bsky.social is launching Year 5 of our Future Faculty Program! BME Faculty candidates from marginalized groups on the job market - apply here by July 11th to present your work and receive mentorship to successfully navigate the academic job market: forms.gle/sVto2GRQauNA...

Tufts BME faculty ready to spend this beautiful morning sending off our graduating seniors!

A screen capture of the AIMBE advocacy webpage with 3 advocacy letters outlined in red boxes: STEM Training Pipeline, NIH & NSF Indirect Cost Caps, and FY26 Funding.

🚨 AIMBE is calling on the biomedical research community to take a minute to send our 3 new advocacy letters urging Congress to:

1. Protect the STEM Training Pipeline (e.g., NIH MOSAIC, T32s, MARC, etc.)

2. Oppose Indirect Cost Caps

3. Support Research Funding in FY2026

aimbe.org/advocate/wri...

See Where Federal Dollars Flow to Universities Around the Country (Gift Article) The Trump administration has targeted a few elite universities with its threats to freeze funding. But many more schools around the country are vulnerable.

Federal research funding flows to all 50 states and is a critical part of the economy in many college towns around the US. Federal research funding "has now become one of the few drivers of innovation that is widely distributed across the country". www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

So sorry to hear, Leslie! I never met Rosa, but felt like I knew her through all the photos and stories and love over the years!

🎉Exciting lab news this morning! 🎉 Congrats to Neuroscience PhD student Nicole Teaney and incoming BME PhD student Maddie Szoo (joint with @peytonlab.bsky.social) on winning NSF GRFP awards!!

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I have been trying to find the time to move away from the polical hellscape we find ourselves in to finish and share a bluetorial about science.

This helps me remember what this is all about.

Ironically, it is about the treatment of pain.

8 years ago @asbmb.bsky.social gave me +18 more trainees a crash course in advocacy for their DC Hill Day. With NIH slashing indirect costs effective immediately, university Govt Affairs teams will be swamped. Here's 10 tips for scientists contacting lawmakers +pics from Denver's 2017 Science March.

How to reconnect the brain with limbs? Ask Dr. Nisha Iyer on all the coolest new trends on figuring out how to fix neuronal disorders with cool re-programming #cmbe2025